The 2024 season is the Dallas Cowboys' 65th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Mike McCarthy. This will be the first season since 2020 that Dan Quinn will not be their defensive coordinator, as the Washington Commanders hired him to be their head coach. He was replaced in that role by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, who returned to the Cowboys after eighteen years. The Cowboys will be attempting to improve upon their 12–5 record from the past three seasons, make the playoffs for the fourth straight year, and win the NFC East in back to back years, something the Cowboys have not done since 1996, and no NFC East team has done since the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004.
2024 Dallas Cowboys season | |
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Owner | Jerry Jones |
General manager | Jerry Jones |
Head coach | Mike McCarthy |
Offensive coordinator | Brian Schottenheimer |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Zimmer |
Home field | AT&T Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 3–4 |
Division place | 3rd NFC East |
Uniform | |
For the first time since 2010, offensive tackle Tyron Smith will not be on the roster, as he signed with the New York Jets during free agency.[1] On April 29, running back Ezekiel Elliott returned to the team after a year away.[2]
Offseason
editSignings
editPosition | Player | Age | 2023 team | Contract |
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RB | Ezekiel Elliott | 29 | New England Patriots | 1 year, $3 million |
RB | Royce Freeman | 28 | Los Angeles Rams | 1 year, $1.25 million |
LB | Eric Kendricks | 32 | Los Angeles Chargers | 1 year, $3 million |
Re-signings
editPosition | Player | Age | Contract |
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RB | Rico Dowdle | 25 | 1 year, $1.25 million |
G | Chuma Edoga | 27 | 1 year, $1.3 million |
CB | C. J. Goodwin | 34 | 1 year, $3.7 million |
CB | Jourdan Lewis | 29 | 1 year, $2.8 million |
LS | Trent Sieg | 29 | 1 year, $1.3 million |
Trade acquisitions
editPosition | Player | Age | 2023 team | Contract | Traded away |
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CB | Andrew Booth Jr. | 24 | Minnesota Vikings | 2 years, $3.3 million | CB Nahshon Wright |
Departures
editPosition | Player | Age | 2024 team |
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RB | Tony Pollard | 27 | Tennessee Titans |
WR | Michael Gallup | 28 | Retired |
TE | Sean McKeon | 27 | Detroit Lions |
OT | Tyron Smith | 34 | New York Jets |
C | Tyler Biadasz | 27 | Washington Commanders |
DE | Dorance Armstrong | 27 | Washington Commanders |
DE | Dante Fowler | 30 | Washington Commanders |
DT | Neville Gallimore | 27 | Miami Dolphins |
DT | Johnathan Hankins | 32 | Seattle Seahawks |
LB | Leighton Vander Esch | 28 | Retired |
CB | Stephon Gilmore | 34 | Minnesota Vikings |
CB | Noah Igbinoghene | 25 | Washington Commanders |
CB | Nahshon Wright | 26 | Minnesota Vikings |
SS | Jayron Kearse | 30 | TBD |
Draft
editRound | Selection | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 29 | Tyler Guyton | OT | Oklahoma |
2 | 56 | Marshawn Kneeland | DE | Western Michigan |
3 | 73 | Cooper Beebe | G | Kansas State |
87 | Marist Liufau | LB | Notre Dame | |
4 | 124 | Traded to the San Francisco 49ers[A] | ||
5 | 159 | Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs[B] | ||
174 | Caelen Carson | CB | Wake Forest | |
6 | 216 | Ryan Flournoy | WR | Southeast Missouri State |
7 | 233 | Nathan Thomas | OT | Louisiana |
244 | Justin Rogers | DT | Auburn |
Notes
Name | Position | College | Ref. |
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Corey Crooms | WR | Minnesota | [5][6] |
Denzel Daxon | DT | Illinois | |
Josh DeBerry | CB | Texas A&M | |
Alec Holler | TE | UCF | |
Cam Johnson | WR | Northwestern | |
Emany Johnson | S | Nevada | |
Jason Johnson | LB | UCF | |
Brock Mogensen | LB | South Dakota | |
Nathaniel Peat | RB | Missouri | |
Brevyn Spann-Ford | TE | Minnesota | |
Byron Vaughns | DE | Baylor | |
Julius Wood | S | East Carolina |
Staff
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Current roster
editPreseason
editWeek | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 11 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 12–13 | 0–1 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 17 | at Las Vegas Raiders | W 27–12 | 1–1 | Allegiant Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 24 | Los Angeles Chargers | L 19–26 | 1–2 | AT&T Stadium | Recap |
Regular season
editSchedule
editWeek | Date | Time (CT) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | September 8 | 3:25 p.m. | at Cleveland Browns | W 33–17 | 1–0 | Huntington Bank Field | Fox | Recap |
2 | September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | New Orleans Saints | L 19–44 | 1–1 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
3 | September 22 | 3:25 p.m | Baltimore Ravens | L 25–28 | 1–2 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
4 | September 26 | 7:15 p.m. | at New York Giants | W 20–15 | 2–2 | MetLife Stadium | Prime Video | Recap |
5 | October 6 | 8:45 p.m.[A] | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 20–17 | 3–2 | Acrisure Stadium | NBC | Recap |
6 | October 13 | 3:25 p.m. | Detroit Lions | L 9–47 | 3–3 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
7 | Bye | |||||||
8 | October 27 | 7:20 p.m. | at San Francisco 49ers | L 24–30 | 3–4 | Levi's Stadium | NBC | Recap |
9 | November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at Atlanta Falcons | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Fox | |||
10 | November 10 | 3:25 p.m. | Philadelphia Eagles | AT&T Stadium | CBS | |||
11 | November 18 | 7:15 p.m. | Houston Texans | AT&T Stadium | ESPN/ABC | |||
12 | November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Washington Commanders | Northwest Stadium | Fox | |||
13 | November 28 | 3:30 p.m. | New York Giants | AT&T Stadium | Fox | |||
14 | December 9 | 7:15 p.m. | Cincinnati Bengals | AT&T Stadium | ESPN/ABC | |||
15 | December 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | Fox | |||
16 | December 22 | 7:20 p.m. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | AT&T Stadium | NBC | |||
17 | December 29 | 3:25 p.m. | at Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | Fox | |||
18 | January 4/5 | TBD | Washington Commanders | AT&T Stadium | TBD |
Notes
- Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
- Networks and times from Weeks 10–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
- The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.
Game summaries
editWeek 1: at Cleveland Browns
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
Browns | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, Ohio
- Date: September 8
- Game time: 4:25 p.m. EDT/3:25 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 68 °F (20 °C)
- Game attendance: 67,431
- Referee: Clete Blakeman
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Saints | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 44 |
Cowboys | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Date: September 15
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 93,691
- Referee: Shawn Smith
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 3: vs. Baltimore Ravens
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 25 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Date: September 22
- Game time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 93,566
- Referee: Ronald Torbert
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Despite the Cowboys falling behind 28-6 after three quarters, despite a franchise record 65-yard field goal by Brandon Aubrey in the first quarter, the Cowboys nearly mounted a comeback. Following a Ravens missed field goal, the Cowboys were able to score a touchdown to cut the score to 28-12. The Cowboys then proceeded to recover an onside kick and score another touchdown to cut down the lead to 28-18. Despite this onside kick attempt being unsuccessful, the Cowboys defense forced a stop and got the ball back with over five and a half minutes remaining, and was able to score another touchdown to cut the lead down to 28-25. However, the Cowboys were unable to get a defensive stop and proceeded to lose by that score.[8] This was also the first time since 2010 the Cowboys started 0–2 at home.
Week 4: at New York Giants
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Giants | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Date: September 26
- Game time: 8:15 p.m. EDT/7:15 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Overcast, 74 °F (23 °C)
- Game attendance: 80,425
- Referee: Clay Martin
- TV announcers (KDFW, WNYW): Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung
Game available out of market on Prime Video. - Recap, Game Book
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Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Date: October 6
- Game time: 9:45 p.m. EDT/8:45 p.m. CDT[A]
- Game weather: Cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C)
- Game attendance: 67,380
- Referee: Shawn Hochuli
- TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
- Recap, Game Book
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A thunderstorm delayed the game, pushing the original start time from 8:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. EDT. The game ended with a Dallas victory at 12:59 a.m. EDT, marking the longest day in NFL history since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger at 15 hours and 37 minutes (the game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings had kicked off in London at 9:30 a.m. EDT).[9]
Week 6: vs. Detroit Lions
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Lions | 7 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Date: October 13
- Game time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 93,644
- Referee: John Hussey
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
49ers | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 30 |
at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
- Date: October 27
- Game time: 7:20 p.m. CDT/5:20 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 69 °F (21 °C)
- Game attendance: 71,521
- Referee: Bill Vinovich
- TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: November 3
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
- Referee: Scott Novak
- TV announcers (Fox): Adam Amin, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
- Preview
Standings
editDivision
editNFC East | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Washington Commanders | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 236 | 167 | W2 |
Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 181 | 132 | W3 |
Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 150 | 198 | L2 |
New York Giants | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 117 | 175 | L3 |
Conference
edit# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Detroit Lions | North | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1–0 | 5–1 | .462 | .455 | W5 |
2 | Washington Commanders | East | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1–0 | 4–1 | .397 | .340 | W2 |
3 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 4–0 | 5–1 | .532 | .410 | W1 |
4[a] | Arizona Cardinals | West | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 2–0 | 2–3 | .617 | .448 | W2 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5 | Green Bay Packers | North | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 0–1 | 2–2 | .500 | .435 | W4 |
6[b] | Minnesota Vikings | North | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1–1 | 3–2 | .537 | .500 | L2 |
7[b] | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1–0 | 3–2 | .429 | .375 | W3 |
In the hunt | |||||||||||
8 | Chicago Bears | North | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 0–0 | 2–1 | .426 | .233 | L1 |
9[c] | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 1–2 | 4–2 | .629 | .633 | L2 |
10[a][c][d] | San Francisco 49ers | West | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 1–2 | 2–3 | .500 | .355 | W1 |
11[a][d] | Seattle Seahawks | West | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 0–1 | 1–3 | .516 | .452 | L1 |
12[e] | Los Angeles Rams | West | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–1 | 2–4 | .585 | .478 | W2 |
13[e] | Dallas Cowboys | East | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–0 | 1–3 | .491 | .417 | L2 |
14[f] | New Orleans Saints | South | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 1–2 | 2–3 | .567 | .267 | L6 |
15[f] | New York Giants | East | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 0–3 | 1–4 | .557 | .375 | L3 |
16 | Carolina Panthers | South | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 0–2 | 0–4 | .500 | .250 | L5 |
Tiebreakers[g] | |||||||||||
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Cimini, Rob (March 15, 2024). "Sources: Ex-Cowboys OT Tyron Smith signing 1-year deal with Jets". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ Walker, Patrik (April 29, 2024). "Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott reunite for 2024 season". NFL.com.
- ^ Smith, Coral (August 25, 2023). "Niners trade QB Trey Lance to Cowboys for fourth-round pick". NFL. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Goldman, Charles (April 29, 2023). "Chiefs trade pick No. 178 to Cowboys". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "UDFA Tracker: Cowboys still assembling class post-draft". DallasCowboys.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ "12 undrafted free agents expected for rookie campt". DallasCowboys.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ Showdown between Dallas and Pittsburgh starts after nearly 90-minute weather delay, AP News, October 6, 2024
- ^ Game Recap: Cowboys comeback falls short, 28-25, DallasCowboys.com, September 22, 2024
- ^ The Longest Day: Sunday marked NFL's lengthiest day of football at 15 hours, 27 minutes, NFL.com, October 7, 2024